Libertarianism is a theory of politics that is so compelling that once you have absorbed it, it becomes the lens through which you end up understanding all economic and political events.

Capitalism, and capitalism alone, has rescued the human race from degrading poverty, rampant sickness and early death.

Democracy has turned out to be not majority rule but rule by well-organized and well-connected minority groups who steal from the majority.

If credit expansion, protectionism, and government spending were a path to prosperity, mankind would have long ago created heaven on earth.

Socialism crushes human rights, builds the state, impinges on the liberty of conscience, and breeds social, cultural, and economic degeneration.

There is nothing the state can do, and which society needs done, that cannot be done far better by the market.

The state always poses a greater threat to society than whatever problem it purports to solve.

It's not as if socialism is a new idea. It was tried in the 20th century. It produced economic stagnation and despair. In its purest form, it extinguished more than one hundred million people.

Pledge allegiance to your principles, your family, your faith, but don't be foolish enough to pledge allegiance to a gang of thieves.

American federalism was the embodiment of political tolerance and decentralization - the expression of the liberal conviction that society can manage itself and needs no central plan.

Never underestimate the power of bad ideas. They must be refuted again and again.

With the grace of prayer, we shall prevail.

I love that word. Forever. I love that forever doesn't exist, but we have a word for it anyway, and use it all the time. It's beautiful and doomed.

Abstract conversations are my favourite, for they unviel true convictions.

Misunderstanding is generally simpler than true understanding, and hence has more potential for popularity.

Corporations have nothing to do with values, and they know it, and sometimes say it.

I develop my own film. And I work in spurts. I pile it up.

Let the punishment match the offense.

I am an observer of life, a non-participant who takes no sides. I am in the regimented society, but not of it.

Watching something is nothing like doing it.

Most people are searching for a path to success that is both easy and certain. Most paths are neither.